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Barack Obama rallies Tucson crowd for Harris-Walz campaign

Mason Kumet, Emily Beck, and Noor Haghighi
October 19, 2024
Mason Kumet
Former President Barack Obama enters the stage inside the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center on Oct. 18. Obama, accompanied by state and local candidates and politicians, spoke to thousands on the UA campus.

Former President of the United States Barack Obama rallied for the Harris-Walz campaign on the University of Arizona campus on Oct. 18. He was welcomed by a crowd of thousands inside the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center where local politicians and Democratic candidates also endorsed the Harris-Walz campaign. This was Obama’s first visit to Tucson since 2011 when former U.S. Rep. for Arizona Gabby Giffords was shot and critically injured.

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